Safety-harness.



F. H. BARNHART.

SAFETY HARNESS. APPLlcATloN FILED sEP1.7.191s.

, .Patented Apr. 15,1919.

Hoz-n m FRANK H. BARNHART, or BLooMDALE, oHIo.

SAFETYLHARNESS.

Specification of Letters Patent.'

Patented Apr. 15, 191e.

Application led'September 7, 1918. Serial No. 253,026.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK H. BARNHART, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bloomdale, in the county of Wood and State of Ohio, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Safety-Harness, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My present invention pertains to safety harness for children; and itconsists in the peculiar and practically advantageous safety harness,designed for use upon growing children', and constructed and arranged ashereinafter described and definitely claimed.

In the accompanying drawings which are hereby made a part hereof:

Figure l is aperspective of the safety harness constructed in accordancewith my invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail section, taken in the plane indicated bythe line 2-2 of Fig. 1 and illustrating the detachable connectionintermediate the shoulder straps of the harness. g'

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail section indicated by the line 3 3 of Fig. 1and showing the detachable and adjustable connection between the endsofthe body encircling strap.`

Fig. 4is an enlarged vertical section', taken in the plane of the line 44 of Fig. 1 and showing the slip connection between one of the sidestraps and the body strap.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all ofthe views of the drawings.

The major portion of my novel harness is preferably formed of leatherthough it may be of any other material compatible with its purposewithout affecting my invention.

As part of my harness I provide two eyes 1, designed to be affixed inthe body of a baby carriage, and equipped with rings 2. With the saidrings 2 are engaged snap hooks 3 on rings 4, through which rings 4extend the loops 5 of the side straps 6. Each of these loops 5 is formedthrough the medium of a buckle 7 and a strap portion which is connectedto the buckle and has itsbight` portion disposed in one ring 4 and itsmajor portion apertured as shown and carried through the buckle andupwardly therefrom.` At 8 the side strap is provided with a loop whichis preferably formed by a strap section opposed to the outer side of theside strap and aiXed at its end thereto. At a point slightly above theloop 8 the side strap merges into a shoulder strap 9, the end of whichis permanently fastened at 10 to the side strap. The two shoulderstraps9 are connected through the medium of a transverse strap l1 which servesthe important purpose of precluding casual slipping of the shoulderstraps off, the shoulders of the child. Interposed between portions ofthe shoulder straps 9, and preferably the front portions thereof is aquickly eHected connection madeup of a tab 12 permanently connected toone shoulder strap and having at its free end a ring 13, and a tab 14permanently connected to the other shoulder strap andhaving at its freeend a snap hook 15 adapted to be expeditiously sprung into and out ofthe ring 13. Manifestly the detachable connection just described assiststhe strap 11 lin precluding casual removal of the shoulder straps fromthe child, and yet when it is desired to effect such removal, the samemaybe readily accomplished after the hook 15 is disengaged from the ring13. In addition to the elements enumerated my novel harness comprises abody strap 16, adjustable as' to length. This strap 16 extends looselythrough the loops 8 on the side straps, and is equipped atone end with asnaphook 17 and at its opposite end with a ring 18 for the engagement ofthe snap hook; the said ring being carried in the bight of a loopthat isformed by the major portion of the strap and a buckle 19 carried at theend of the strap so that its tongue may be .engaged in apertures formedin said major portion.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that as the growth of a childprogresses the side straps 6 may be increased in length as may also thebody strap 16, and this without in any degree diminishing the capacityof the harness to securely hold a child against accidental release fromthe harness. will be better appreciated when it is stated that theholding function of the harness particularly attributable to theadequate manner in which the shoulder straps 9 are held on theshoulders, and to the fact that the b ody strap 16 in combination withthe side straps absolutely precludes lateral movement of the straps 901T the shoulders of the child. I would also direct attention at thispoint to the fact that the adaptation of the body strap 16 to workfreely through the loop 8 contributes materially to the comfort of thechild and also permits of the body strap being diminished in lengthwithout in- This 1 terfering with the positioning of the detachableconnection between the ends ofthe body strap at the middle of theIfrontof the harness. 1;

in my novel harness is toretain the shoulder straps or'loops 9 in properworking position on a childs body, andithesaid body strap Vdoes notinterfere in appreciable Ameasure with the comfort andfreedomfof'movement ofthe child. Y

To apply and remove the vharness -it'fis simplyfnecessary tofnianipulatethe detachable connection between the shoulder straps 9 and thedetachable connectionbetweenthe ends of the body strap 16, and when'theharness is applied in the manner described it is absolutely impossiblefor the harness to become disarrangedno-matter what vcapers the childmayf practice.

vWhile.designedprimarily ffor use in conjunction with a babycarriage,"my novel harness may be used in' conjunction with-a baby chairorwith any other device to which it is applicable. f

Having described my invention, #what I claim: and fdesirefto secure byLettersPatent is:

1. VA safety harnessV for growing children comprising side ystraps`'having ll'engthwise adjustable lower loops, shoulder lstraps or loopsinto which the upper ptntirmsI ofthe sidev straps mergera transverseconnection interposedA between portions ofv the shoulder strapsor loops,a transverse detachable conder rstraps or loops, 4and a body strap eX-tending loosely through the loops onvthe side straps and having anadjustableV loop at one end. and .a :fastener member in said loop.

the shoulder straps or'loops; thelatter con-V nectionbeing made up oftabs,L alink on' one 2. A safety harness for. growing children,

Ynection, interposed .between opposite portions l of thesho'lder'strapsor loops, loops carried j bytheside straps at points below theshoul- The chief function of the body strap 16V tab and a snap hook yonthefothertabyloops on the--'side straps below the shoulderV strapsorlloo'ps,`an'd a body strap eXtendingloosely through said loopsandhaving a snap hook at onewenjd and valso vli'zwingat'its oppositee'ndfa'loopadjustable as'fto lengthf and in the'bi-gl-itlof-which isarranged a'ringfor the Yengagenient' of the snap hook.- l

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

" FRANK 1H. fBAnNHAnT.-

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